A History of Agriculture in India v1.c16.53

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For patient hard work, no animal can match the donkey. In construction work and in the digging of canals, loads are carried by donkeys. After the day's hard work, they are just let loose to eat whatever they can find. However, the donkey's greatest contribution to animal husbandry is as progenitor of the mule. The hybrid between the male ass and the female horse is the mule, a sure-footed animal, so useful in carrying loads on narrow mountain paths.